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O'NEILL v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO

No. 10-5699.

662 F.3d 723 (2011)

James O'NEILL and Angela O'Neill, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT; Louisville Metro Animal Services; Gilles Meloche, in his individual and official capacities; Wayne Zelinsky, in his individual and official capacities; Terry Pendleton, in her individual and official capacities; and Unknown Defendants, John and/or Jane Does, in his/ her/their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael C. Merrick , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Lisa A. Schweickart , Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michael C. Merrick , Jon L. Fleischaker , R. Kenyon Meyer , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. William T. Warner , Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: GILMAN and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; LUDINGTON, District Judge.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is perhaps the dog-gonest case ever to reach a federal appellate court. In October 2008, several uniformed officers of the Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) intruded into the O'Neills' home without a warrant and without consent, confiscated the O'Neills' two adult dogs and the dogs' litter of seven puppies, neutered and spayed the adult dogs and implanted microchips in all nine animals, and then required...

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